What healthy food staples do you use?

[Twostep]

Oh! I hadn’t even thought of that ! What a fabulous idea. I hope it grows in my zone 6 area . I shall look that up. Another possible herb to add to our growing list.
Note: No it does not grow in zone 6. It’s a zone 8 and 9 herb. Boo! Thanks anyway.

You may be able to get them through in an a bit protected spot.

 

[StarSong]

Try cubing sweet potatoes, sprinkle a bit of olive oil, salt, chilli powder - off to the air fryer.

Thanks for the suggestion but I avoid both oil and salt. Spicy-hot foods aren't high on my hit parade either.

I love adding plain, unvarnished, MWed sweet potatoes to other foods, or just eating them plain.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Try cubing sweet potatoes, sprinkle a bit of olive oil, salt, chilli powder - off to the air fryer.

I love air fried potatoes.

Try cubing sweet potatoes, sprinkle a bit of olive oil, salt, chilli powder - off to the air fryer.

Thats something worth considering.
Thank you.

 

[Debrah N.]

I eat rice often, and have done for a very long time. Never had a problem.

Well, maybe the amounts you're eating are within the safe limits, but if you're doubtful of what I've said, well, Google is your friend.

 

[StarSong]

Well, maybe the amounts you're eating are within the safe limits, but if you're doubtful of what I've said, well, Google is your friend.

I did just that this morning (Duck Duck Go rather than Google, but same idea).

Thanks for the info.

 

[Krystal]

A varitey of dried beans, organic long grain brown rice, frozen vegetables and fruit, cloves of garlic, sweet potatoes, homemade chicken broth, homemade rye and white breads, and probably other stuff that I can't think of at the moment. I think we eat "pretty healthy" for the most part. I make almost everything from scratch and we hardly ever go out to eat. We fall off the wagon sometimes though. I keep chocolate chip cookies in the freezer and we have one cookie a day with coffee for a midday snack.

 

[Elsie]

I eat frozen sweet potatoes fries too. 2 White Castle burgers a day. I guess the most healthy food I eat a day is a cup of drained lightly sweetened blueberries, 2 bananas and a can of pureed pumpkin all pureed together.

 

[NotCompSavvy]

I eat frozen sweet potatoes fries too. 2 White Castle burgers a day. I guess the most healthy food I eat a day is a cup of drained lightly sweetened blueberries, 2 bananas and a can of pureed pumpkin all pureed together.

'' 2 White Castle burgers a day''

lol outstanding .

I eat what I want and as luck would have it never any problems BUT I do have daily either 2 apples or 1 apple and a banana plus parsley , peppers which grow in the yard though iguanas sometimes wipe out the peppers .

Let me add that only 2 white castles is tiny that is a snack .

 

[KSav]

I always have fresh berries (either blueberries, blackberries, or raspberries) on hand, along with kiwis and apples.

I've never been able to bear sweet potato fries or brown rice, although I have tried. So I generally avoid rice altogether and try to have regular potatoes only sparingly.

I've been trying to find chia seeds but cannot. I may have to end up ordering them online.

I also keep low-salt roasted almonds on hand, to snack on.

 

[NotCompSavvy]

I always have fresh berries (either blueberries, blackberries, or raspberries) on hand, along with kiwis and apples.

I've never been able to bear sweet potato fries or brown rice, although I have tried. So I generally avoid rice altogether and try to have regular potatoes only sparingly.

I've been trying to find chia seeds but cannot. I may have to end up ordering them online.

I also keep low-salt roasted almonds on hand, to snack on.

As you know chia is supposed to be very good . I ordered them online as the plant would grow great here , they help with arthritis which I have ( mildly now due to natural supplements ) in a hip but either way seeds never sprouted but online you can buy 5lb plus bags , you have reminded me about them.

Edit - I'm not a lobbyist for chia , lol but I was taking 400 mg celebrex daily due to hip arthritis and now due to supplements do not need a thing as far as meds plus I do plumbing so on floor a lot under sinks so yes seriously believe in these things however one must find what works for them , recently added raw ginger .

 

[seadoug]

I have recently started buying frozen sweet potatoes fries....cooked in a 400 degree oven they are crispy and very tasty.

I know I'm responding to an old thread, but I know you are still here. Since we bought our air fryer we often buy sweet potato waffle fries and eat them with fresh salmon that we also cook in the air fryer. Sweet potato fries are delicious!

Also, we found frozen veggie fries at the grocery store that cook in the air fryer, so I guess those are my healthy food staples. Lots of rice as well.

 

[Tazx]

First let me say we have been to Canada 2 times in 10 years, and we were away for big chunks - a 3 year and a 5 year period at a time. So my experience with living in Canada since we retired was limited to 3 months in 2023 when our grandson was born, and short visits prior. So with that being said, I do follow religiously all the Canadian news and forums, keep in touch with military buddies regularly, talk to our daughter and son on Skype every 2 weeks, and usually message almost daily on telegram or signal.
For those of you in Canada, I have a question; how do you eat the food? My son sends pics of ingredients in some of the food, and some of it I swear comes from Canadian tire service department! LOL! Seriously though, so much of the food is so toxic and full of things that are known carcinogens/toxins.
I am going on, my question was to be, are there any food movements in Canada? Some organization to clean up the food/complain/force govt to get the garbage out?
I can't really find anything, and my son is too busy with work and his family/son to really focus on it.

As I mentioned we live in Europe mostly the last 10 years since retirement, and the food here is night and day from Canada. Other than imported-which is very limited due to people not buying it-food, most is as close to natural as you can get. Bread here has a max of 5 ingredients. And most common bread is 3 or 4. Yeast, sourdough, salt, etc. I remember our last visit in Edmonton looking at bread and wondering if it was bread or a book! The list was a paragraph!

Do you Canucks every wonder why our food in North America is so bad compared to EU food? Like seriously why can't we clean it up. Its not hard to do, they seem to have done it here quite easily. People just don't buy it. God forbid there is a food recall here. OMG, that food is the plague! No one ever touches it again. It just disappears off the shelf, seemingly for good. Very rare for a food recall here, but according to CFIA in Canada website there is one weekly in Can!

Why is there Ecoli in everything in Canada? Lol!

I wish everyone the best in their food endeavors, but any Canucks have input into this would be great!

 

[StarSong]

I always have fresh berries (either blueberries, blackberries, or raspberries) on hand, along with kiwis and apples.

I've never been able to bear sweet potato fries or brown rice, although I have tried. So I generally avoid rice altogether and try to have regular potatoes only sparingly.

I've been trying to find chia seeds but cannot. I may have to end up ordering them online.

Most (all?) my local grocers sell chia seeds, including Aldi. (I don't know where you are in the US - perhaps they're hard to find where you are.) The seeds are inexpensive and a pound goes a long way. I add a tablespoon of chia seeds to oatmeal.

I buy frozen mixed berries (blueberry, raspberry & blackberry mix), because fresh berries mold quickly even when they're in season, and (fresh) out-of-season berries cost a king's ransom. I keep a small container of thawed berries in my fridge and refill it every other day.

one must find what works for them , recently added raw ginger

Pickled ginger (the thin pink slices found at sushi bars) is more to my liking. My local Asian grocer carries it in the refrigerated section. A 2 lb bag is only $8.99. (I bought some yesterday and just checked the receipt.) I keep a small jar in my kitchen fridge and put the rest in a glass pickle jar in my garage fridge. A jar lasts me about 3 months - have never had it spoil.

I enjoy it in salads and stir fries pretty much every day.

 

[Krystal]

Sounds like a lot of us “try” to eat healthy. I think there are many people of our age eat better foods than the youth of today. There are so many fast foods and frozen foods that are loaded with salt, fat, sugar, and preservatives.

 

[gruntlabor]

Most (all?) my local grocers sell chia seeds, including Aldi. (I don't know where you are in the US - perhaps they're hard to find where you are.) The seeds are inexpensive and a pound goes a long way. I add a tablespoon of chia seeds to oatmeal.

I buy frozen mixed berries (blueberry, raspberry & blackberry mix), because fresh berries mold quickly even when they're in season, and (fresh) out-of-season berries cost a king's ransom. I keep a small container of thawed berries in my fridge and refill it every other day.

Pickled ginger (the thin pink slices found at sushi bars) is more to my liking. My local Asian grocer carries it in the refrigerated section. A 2 lb bag is only $8.99. (I bought some yesterday and just checked the receipt.) I keep a small jar in my kitchen fridge and put the rest in a glass pickle jar in my garage fridge. A jar lasts me about 3 months - have never had it spoil.

I enjoy it in salads and stir fries pretty much every day.

StarSong, I never heard of pickled ginger! Do you also use it in beverages? If not, do you think it might help to add to lemonade or kombucha, etc??

 

[Twostep]

First let me say we have been to Canada 2 times in 10 years, and we were away for big chunks - a 3 year and a 5 year period at a time. So my experience with living in Canada since we retired was limited to 3 months in 2023 when our grandson was born, and short visits prior. So with that being said, I do follow religiously all the Canadian news and forums, keep in touch with military buddies regularly, talk to our daughter and son on Skype every 2 weeks, and usually message almost daily on telegram or signal.
For those of you in Canada, I have a question; how do you eat the food? My son sends pics of ingredients in some of the food, and some of it I swear comes from Canadian tire service department! LOL! Seriously though, so much of the food is so toxic and full of things that are known carcinogens/toxins.
I am going on, my question was to be, are there any food movements in Canada? Some organization to clean up the food/complain/force govt to get the garbage out?
I can't really find anything, and my son is too busy with work and his family/son to really focus on it.

As I mentioned we live in Europe mostly the last 10 years since retirement, and the food here is night and day from Canada. Other than imported-which is very limited due to people not buying it-food, most is as close to natural as you can get. Bread here has a max of 5 ingredients. And most common bread is 3 or 4. Yeast, sourdough, salt, etc. I remember our last visit in Edmonton looking at bread and wondering if it was bread or a book! The list was a paragraph!

Do you Canucks every wonder why our food in North America is so bad compared to EU food? Like seriously why can't we clean it up. Its not hard to do, they seem to have done it here quite easily. People just don't buy it. God forbid there is a food recall here. OMG, that food is the plague! No one ever touches it again. It just disappears off the shelf, seemingly for good. Very rare for a food recall here, but according to CFIA in Canada website there is one weekly in Can!

Why is there Ecoli in everything in Canada? Lol!

I wish everyone the best in their food endeavors, but any Canucks have input into this would be great!

There is no "European Food". There is no European cuisine. There are no European shopping habits. If you feel like disclosing a specific country great!

 

[Twostep]

Patty, I never heard of pickled ginger! Do you also use it in beverages? If not, do you think it might help to add to lemonade or kombucha, etc??

Works wonders in a dry martini.

 

[gruntlabor]

Works wonders in a dry martini.

Thank you, Twostep! I will begin pickling ginger like yesterday.

 

[RadishRose]

I use chia seeds when I remember, usually have blueberries and cherry tomatoes; always have frozen veggies, oatmeal, pure almond butter and peanut butter, evoo, more recently kimchi.

Those in addition to coffee, chocolate, salt, white bread, cookies and bacon.

 

[gruntlabor]

Sounds like a lot of us “try” to eat healthy. I think there are many people of our age eat better foods than the youth of today. There are so many fast foods and frozen foods that are loaded with salt, fat, sugar, and preservatives.

.. and really, really bad proteins

 

[Twostep]

Thank you, Twostep! I will begin pickling ginger like yesterday.

Use fresh ginger, slice it thinly and steep it in vodka or sherry or white wine. That will do the job for martinis. I like the pink stuff on boiled eggs, grilled meat.

 

[chic]

I always have organic blueberries and strawberries on hand. Also frozen peas and fresh mushrooms.

 

[KSav]

Most (all?) my local grocers sell chia seeds, including Aldi. (I don't know where you are in the US - perhaps they're hard to find where you are.) The seeds are inexpensive and a pound goes a long way. I add a tablespoon of chia seeds to oatmeal.

I'm in North Dakota, and the pickings are generally slim for anything even remotely out of the ordinary. I've been browsing the health food sections for chia seeds but haven't found them yet. If I continue to have no success, I'll probably order them online.

 

[StarSong]

For those of you in Canada, I have a question; how do you eat the food? My son sends pics of ingredients in some of the food, and some of it I swear comes from Canadian tire service department! LOL! Seriously though, so much of the food is so toxic and full of things that are known carcinogens/toxins.
I am going on, my question was to be, are there any food movements in Canada? Some organization to clean up the food/complain/force govt to get the garbage out?
I can't really find anything, and my son is too busy with work and his family/son to really focus on it.

As I mentioned we live in Europe mostly the last 10 years since retirement, and the food here is night and day from Canada. Other than imported-which is very limited due to people not buying it-food, most is as close to natural as you can get. Bread here has a max of 5 ingredients. And most common bread is 3 or 4. Yeast, sourdough, salt, etc. I remember our last visit in Edmonton looking at bread and wondering if it was bread or a book! The list was a paragraph!

Do you Canucks every wonder why our food in North America is so bad compared to EU food? Like seriously why can't we clean it up. Its not hard to do, they seem to have done it here quite easily. People just don't buy it. God forbid there is a food recall here. OMG, that food is the plague! No one ever touches it again. It just disappears off the shelf, seemingly for good. Very rare for a food recall here, but according to CFIA in Canada website there is one weekly in Can!

I wish everyone the best in their food endeavors, but any Canucks have input into this would be great!

I've been to Canada many times and have always found the food delicious. Umm... maybe it's you rather than the wide variety of foods enjoyed by the diverse Canadian population of 40 million people?

When people paint entire nations' people, cultures, foods, customs, etc., with broad, ugly strokes, it screeches loudly about their own ignorance and poor manners, and says nothing about the objects of their attacks.

Why is there Ecoli in everything in Canada? Lol!

LOL! LOL??? Good grief. There's something seriously wrong with you and your sense of humor.

 

[StarSong]

StarSong, I never heard of pickled ginger! Do you also use it in beverages? If not, do you think it might help to add to lemonade or kombucha, etc??

I've never added it to beverages, nor have I bothered making it myself. At $8.99/kilo (I just looked at the package), it would be a massive hassle to peel, slice to .5 MM (as if I could,) and pickle it than to simply buy it. Between the rice vinegar and the ginger itself, it would be costlier to make than buy.

Amazon also sells it. Just look up pickled ginger for sushi.